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Colleague voices
The job, described by the people who do it
Care work is demanding, skilled and genuinely rewarding, and it is nothing like the way it gets described. These are colleagues telling you what the role really involves.
The featured story
Chefs across Meallmore care homes
3 September 2026
Six chefs, three finalists and one winner still to come
A 90-minute cook-off, a judging panel from luxury hospitality and a resident judge. How the 2026 Meals Means More final came down to three Meallmore chefs.
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The work, first hand.
Carers, nurses, chefs and managers describing their own working week.
IChefs across six Meallmore care homesSix routes into a Meallmore kitchen
Kitchen Assistant to Third Cook, Kitchen Porter to dedicated baker, oil and gas Head Chef to care catering. The six chefs in the 2026 Meals Means More final on how careers in our kitchens actually build.
20 August 2026
IIColleagues across 27 Meallmore care homesNinety minutes, twenty-seven homes, one month
Every Meallmore home took on 90 minutes of movement over the same month, raising £2,482 for Age Scotland. Colleagues on how it came together.
12 August 2026
IIIColleagues at Auchtercrag House Care HomeThirty years at the heart of Auchtercrag
Two colleagues, 30 years each, one home in Ellon. Elaine and Moira on kindness, trust and why Auchtercrag still feels like a second home.
6 August 2026
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Meals Means More 2026: Six Chefs, Three Finalists and One Winner Still to Come
Six Meallmore chefs, one 90-minute cook-off and a judging panel packed with experience. Paul O'Brien, Robert Scott and Eilidh Mason are the final three, with the champion revealed on 28 October.
3 September 2026
VLearning and developmentMeallmore Launches Dementia Ambassador Programme
A new Dementia Ambassador Programme has launched across Meallmore, starting with the first Central West training day, to strengthen dementia knowledge and best practice.
31 August 2026
VIColleague storyMeet the Judges for Meallmore's Meals Means More 2026 Final
Care, luxury hospitality and a secret resident judge: meet the panel deciding the Meals Means More Champion 2026.
27 August 2026
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Meet the six chefs taking on Meallmore's Meals Means More final
Six chefs from Meallmore care homes across Scotland will cook at City of Glasgow College on 2 September 2026 for the title of Meals Means More champion. Meet the finalists.
20 August 2026
VIIIColleague storyMeallmore Chefs Shortlisted at 2026 Craft Guild Awards
Meallmore chefs Anna Koziarska and Chloe Pattisson have been shortlisted at the 2026 Craft Guild of Chefs Awards, recognising excellence in care hospitality.
15 April 2026
IXColleague storyNew Manager Appointed at Crimond House Care Home
Meallmore appoints Queen’s Nurse Nicola Reid as Manager at Crimond House Care Home, bringing leadership, expertise and a passion for person-centred care.
15 April 2026
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Editor’s note
Making Care Mean More, from the inside
We have been family-owned since 1987 and we employ around 2,000 people across 30 homes in Scotland. That makes us one of the larger care employers in the country, but the team you actually work in is the twenty or so people in your home, and that is the bit that decides whether a job is any good.
So rather than list benefits, we asked colleagues to describe their own week: what they do, what is hard about it, what keeps them here. Every story is published with that person's consent and in their own words. If a role sounds like yours, our roles pages set out what each job actually involves, and career pathways shows where it can lead.
Our Colleague Awards are the other side of the same thing - our people nominating each other for the work that does not always get noticed, and our learning and development pages cover the training and qualifications behind it.
What we offer
What you can expect from us
Training that leads somewhere
Full induction, SVQ qualifications funded and supported, and a clear route from care assistant to senior carer to management for people who want it.
Staying local
Thirty homes across the Highlands, Grampian, Tayside, Fife, Central Scotland, Edinburgh and the west, so a career move rarely means moving house.
Being backed up
Home managers who are in the building, clinical support behind you, and an employee assistance programme when life outside work gets difficult.
Being recognised
Long service marked properly, and annual Colleague Awards where every nomination comes from the people you work beside.
Beyond the page
Looking for a role near you?
Care assistants, nurses, chefs, housekeeping, activities and management roles come up across our thirty homes.